Learn to Draw & How to Draw Exercises!

In this section of the website, I’ll show you how to learn to draw, and throw in some bonuses in rose drawing and flower drawing in general. Learning how to draw is not difficult, but it does require some practice and again, some ambition on your part!

One thing for sure, improve your drawing, you will improve your oil painting as painting is drawing with a brush. Speaking of improving your drawing, here's a new drawing coarse that's tearing up the web in popularity! Go check it:
I'll get straight to the shortcuts, cause if you're like me, you want the good stuff now! If you want more detailed information, I have another recommendation at the bottom of the page, but to get started right now, here's what I use and you will not need to learn to draw right away!:
On small paintings, a simple inkjet printout of the reference photo is printed out, and transferred to the canvas using carbon paper!
But remember to set these up for life-sized or just a tad larger than real life!
If you don't the object will simply look strange. But then again, on some works, you may just want that effect! A miniature or a blown up image depending on the circumstance in what you are painting! via http://oilpaintingbank.com